UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women

Photo: UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women/Phil Borges

The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) awards grants to initiatives that demonstrate that violence against women and girls can be systematically addressed, reduced and, with persistence, eliminated.

Call for proposals: The UN Trust Fund is currently accepting applications for multi-year grants up to USD 1 million. The online application will be available from 31 October until 5 December 2017 on the UN Trust Fund website.

Since its creation in 1996, the UN Trust Fund has awarded USD 129 million to 463 initiatives in 139 countries and territories. Its current portfolio comprises 106 grants totalling USD 54 million in 77 countries and territories.

Established by UN General Assembly resolution 50/166 and administered by UN Women on behalf of the UN System, the UN Trust Fund works with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments and UN country teams to:

prevent violence against women and girls by empowering groups especially at risk of violence, including adolescent girls and indigenous or ethnic minority women, and engaging strategically with boys and men as well as traditional and faith-based leaders to prevent violence;

improve access to services, such as legal assistance, psychosocial counselling and health care, by increasing the capacity of service providers to respond effectively to the needs of women and girls affected by violence; and

strengthen implementation of laws, policies and action plans on violence against women and girls through data collection and analysis, and by ensuring that institutions are more effective, transparent and accountable in addressing violence against women.

The UN Trust Fund is uniquely placed to meet the most urgent needs of women and girls and their communities.